Court Says No Bail as Cosby Appeals Sex Assault Conviction

A jury convicted the 81-year-old Cosby in April of drugging and molesting a woman in 2004

Published December 15, 2018•Updated on February 11, 2019 at 10:34 am

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has rejected a request from Bill Cosby to be released on bail while he appeals his sexual assault conviction.

The order from the court issued Friday does not elaborate on the decision.

Cosby filed an appeal earlier this month saying that Pennsylvania trial Judge Steven O'Neill had a feud with a key pretrial witness, the former county prosecutor who declined to arrest Cosby a decade earlier. And they say his decision to let five other accusers testify among other alleged issues are grounds for a new trial.